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Chris Robinson has songs he wants to sing. As frontman for The Black Crowes—oneofthe most prolific and celebrated rock ’n’ roll bands of its generation—he co-wrote clas-sics like “Jealous Again,”“Remedy,”“She Talks To Angels,”“Twice As Hard”and“Sometimes Salvation." With a desire to breathe new life into this storied repertoire, Rob-inson has gathered five musicians whose musical journeys intertwine with The Black Crowes legacy, including guitarists Marcus King and Audley Freed, keyboardist Adam MacDougall, bassist Andy Hess and drummer Tony Leone. Appropriately calling the band,As The Crow Flies, Robinson and company will perform shows consisting of mu-sic from The Black Crowes at a handful of select dates in Spring 2018 between tours with his primary outfit, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood.

Joel Robinow (keyboards/guitar/vocals), Raj Ojha (drums/recording engineer), Eli Eckert (bass/guitar/vocals) and Raze Regal (guitar) have been confidantes and conspirators for
greater part of two decades, collaborating in Drunk Horse, Howlinʼ Rain, East Bay Grease and many other projects. They have convened as "Once & Future Band" with the purpose
of performing and recording Joel's massive library of songs before they are lost to the ages after the “Great Hard Drive Crash of '12”.

"In the vapor trail of “How Does It Make You Feel” you can smell the burnt ozone of a seventies-full-orchestra-nebula-pop-odyssey, the flakes floating down and landing on you like snow and giving you the grave-chills…the ash of a masterpiece pop song. Once and Future Band: this incredibly accomplished cabal of total prog wizards has circled the earth, but then, these are the accomplished gentlemen of many former pursuits
(the formidable Drunk Horse among them) and all of them comets themselves. The very mid 70s vibe at work here surpasses pastiche, and crests that lovely anachro
nistic conceptual peak: a fully realized and meticulously arranged psych record, meant to be listened to from top to bottom, with the lights down low and in a comfy chair
perhaps, or while gazing out the window of your life pod. A Dark Side of the Moon feel, with shades of early Yesʼs technicality, a dash of Steely Danʼs vocal prowess and effortless
sheen, and some seriously outsized hooks that call to mind the mighty ELO, Le Orme and yes, even the unsinkable Queen powered on Brian Mayʼs tape echo jet fuel
and sequined power cells...this is a head record in the classic sense but we swear to The Dark One that you will be trapped and infected by the pop-parasite. That it is largely
self-produced (with tracking/engineering on three of the songs by Phil Manley at El Studio) makes it all the more jaw dropping. We didnʼt realize how much we needed Once and Future Band in our life, but now that theyʼre here we canʼt get them out of
our brains or off of our stereo. Making prog cool again, again, and then slightly more complicatedly, again." - Matt Jones (Castle Face Records)